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US 10,376,752 B2Granted
Hosel insert for a golf club head
AssigneeKarsten Manufacturing Corporation
InventorsDavid A. Higdon, Travis D. Milleman
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Abstract
Various embodiments of a golf club head comprising a body having a strike face, a heel portion, and a toe portion, a hosel having a body with a first end, extending from the heel portion of the body of the club head, and a second end, configured to receive a shaft, a cavity positioned adjacent to the body of the hosel, and an insert configured to be secured within the cavity are described herein.
Claims18
A set of golf club heads comprising:
- a first golf club head having:
- a body having a strike face defining a first loft angle, a heel portion, and a toe portion;
- a hosel having a body with a first end, extending from the heel portion of the body of the club head, and a second end, configured to receive a shaft;
- a first cavity positioned adjacent to the body of the hosel, the first cavity having a first cavity length, a first cavity width, a first cavity back wall, a first cavity protrusion on the first cavity back wall, two or more protrusions on a first cavity perimeter wall, and a first cavity volume;
- a second golf club head having:
- a body having a strike face defining a second loft angle greater than the first loft angle, a heel portion, and a toe portion;
- a hosel having a body with a first end, extending from the heel portion of the body of the club head, and a second end, configured to receive a shaft;
- a second cavity positioned adjacent to the body of the hosel, the second cavity having a second cavity length, a second cavity width, a second cavity back wall, a second cavity protrusion on the second cavity back wall, two or more protrusions on a second cavity perimeter wall, and a second cavity volume,
- wherein the second cavity length is greater than the first cavity length, the second cavity width is greater than the first cavity width, the second cavity volume is greater than the first cavity volume, or any combination thereof;
- an insert capable of being secured within the first or the second cavity;
- wherein the insert comprises a recess on a back side;
- wherein the insert further comprises two or more grooves on a perimeter of the insert;
- wherein either the first or second cavity back wall protrusion is configured to fit within the recess;
- and
- wherein the two or more grooves on the perimeter of the insert are configured to receive the two or more protrusions on the first or second cavity perimeter,
- such that when the insert is secured within the first or second cavity, the insert is press fit into the first or second cavity.
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A set of golf clubs comprising:
- a first golf club having a first club head comprising:
- a body having a strike face defining a first loft angle, a heel portion, and a toe portion;
- a hosel having a body with a first end, extending from the heel portion of the body of the club head, and a second end, configured to receive a shaft;
- a first cavity positioned adjacent to the body of the hosel, the first cavity having a first cavity length, a first cavity width, a first cavity back wall, a first cavity protrusion on the first cavity back wall, two or more protrusions on a first cavity perimeter wall, and a first cavity volume;
- a second golf club having a second club head comprising:
- a body having a strike face defining a second loft angle greater than the first loft angle, a heel portion, and a toe portion;
- a hosel having a body with a first end, extending from the heel portion of the body of the club head, and a second end, configured to receive a shaft;
- a second cavity positioned adjacent to the body of the hosel, the second cavity having a second cavity length, a second cavity width, a second cavity back wall, a second cavity protrusion on the second cavity back wall, two or more protrusions on a second cavity perimeter wall, and a second cavity volume,
- wherein the second cavity length is greater than the first cavity length, the second cavity width is greater than the first cavity width, the second cavity volume is greater than the first cavity volume, or any combination thereof;
- an insert capable of being secured within the first or the second cavity;
- wherein the insert comprises a recess on a back side;
- wherein the insert further comprises two or more grooves on a perimeter of the insert;
- wherein either the first or second cavity back wall protrusion is configured to fit within the recess;
- and
- wherein the two or more grooves on the perimeter of the insert are configured to receive the two or more protrusions on the first or second cavity perimeter,
- such that when the insert is secured within the first or second cavity, the insert is press fit into the first or second cavity.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.